When Stephen Wolfram’s tome, “A New Kind of Science,” came out 15 years ago, I saw more critical reviews of it than positive ones, but its sheer size (~1200 pgs.) and technicality made it a very difficult volume to review adequately at all.
Now on the 15th anniversary of his opus, polymath Wolfram, who’s accomplishments are multi-fold, is out with a long post reviewing matters. PLENTY to consider and chew on here, including “computational equivalence” and the “computational universe,” machine learning, neural networks, artificial intelligence, language design, and the nature of mathematics and physics. You’ll need to set aside some significant time to read and digest it all:
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